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Clinton Implicated in Air Force One Sex Attack
NewsMax ^ | 03/16/03 | Carl Limbacher & NewsMax.com staff

Posted on 03/16/2003 1:16:05 PM PST by Pokey78

Ex-President Bill Clinton "sexually molested" a female steward aboard Air Force One and was later forced to apologize to the woman, a bombshell new book by White House whistleblower, Lt. Col. Robert Patterson reveals.

The identity of the woman, an enlisted member of the Air Force, is being protected by Lt. Col. Patterson. But the searing new account of a commander-in-chief preying upon a military subordinate could spell trouble for New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, who, as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, would have jurisdiction to investigate the incident.

In "Dereliction of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Compromised America's National Security," the former presidential aide says that in 1997 he got a call from Lt. Col. Mark Donnelly, an Air Force One pilot and commander of the Presidential Pilot Office.

"We got a problem," Donnelly said. "One of our female stewards claims she was approached and touched inappropriately by President Clinton and she's upset."

Lt. Col. Donnelly said the attack happened "in one of the galleys on Air Force One. Apparently he cornered her."

Lt. Col. Patterson said he was distressed at the news. "I knew the woman Mark was referring to. She was bright, cherry and beautiful. She was also an enlisted member of the United States Air Force - and had just, apparently, been sexually molested by the commander in chief."

Donnelly told his colleague that the Clinton assault victim was "really upset but she doesn't want this to get out. She just wants an apology."

Patterson said he approached Kris Engskov, the president's personal aide, about arranging a meeting where Clinton would acknowledge the sexual misconduct and offer an apology.

"Two weeks later," Patterson recalled, "Kris walked into the compartment where I was seated on Air Force One. He said quietly, 'We got them together, the president apologized. She seems fine with it.'" Just to be sure, Patterson said, he confirmed that the apology had indeed taken place with Lt. Col. Donnelly.

News of Clinton's Air Force One sexual assault of a military enlistee comes at a particularly awkward time for the former first couple. Sen. Clinton has just completed tour of upstate New York military installations and has been full of praise for the military since she assumed the Armed Services post in January.

Adding to the potential fallout, news of the ex-commandeer-in-chief's sex attack on a female officer bears an eerie resemblance to reports from female cadets at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, who in the last few weeks have complained that male superiors pulled rank to get them into compromising situations, then sexually assaulted them.

Reacting to the burgeoning scandal, Secretary of the Air Force James G. Roche has vowed to investigate and take action.

"I don't want young women to feel that they have to make that kind of humiliating sacrifice to become officers," he told the New York Times on Sunday. Still, despite Secretary Roche's pledge for a top-to-bottom investigation, it's not clear that allegations by Air Force personnel against the ex-commander-in-chief would be part of any probe.

Though Lt. Col. Patterson's report of the sexual assault by Clinton is the first leveled by a female military officer, two other women have reported being attacked aboard Clinton's plane.

In 1995, the Washington Post revealed that Clinton's 1992 campaign had paid $37,500 in federal campaign matching funds to Kimberly Moore, head of a Little Rock accounting firm, who was forbidden to discuss details of her allegation under terms of the settlement. Campaign aides told the Post that Moore had complained about unwanted advances by a senior member of Clinton's staff rather than the president himself.

But in 1998, campaign plane flight attendant Christyne Zercher came forward with allegations that Clinton had fondled her breasts and repeatedly invited her into the plane's lavatory with his pants unzipped.

Sen. Clinton could not be reached on Sunday for comment on the new sexual harassment charges in Lt. Col. Patterson's book.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: adulterer; adultery; airforceone; billclinton; bubba; clinton; clintonlegacy; derelictionofduty; enablers; impeachedpresident; itsjustsex; nags; now; putsomeiceonthat; rape; rapist; robertpatterson; serialrapist; sex; sexualharassment; vileman; x42
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To: orfisher
What does the truth have to do with Clinton? He broke himself free of the bonds shortly after conception, in my opinion and he uses falsehoods to great effect. And a liar is a liar is a liar and is fair game foreverafter.
81 posted on 03/16/2003 5:37:42 PM PST by Thebaddog (woof)
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To: orfisher
there could be many reasons why this man waited until now to write this book.

Please get your dictionary and see what hoax means. )hint... it is not a book you don't like!)

82 posted on 03/16/2003 5:37:44 PM PST by OperationFreedom (Some people whine so much you would think they are French!)
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To: orfisher
Why didn't this guy speak up right away instead of waiting until now?

Uh, remember what happened to people who spoke up against the clintoons when they had power? The list is pretty long, but surely you remember names like Linda Tripp, Ken Starr, Kathleen Willey, Jim McDougal, etc.
This guy has a lot to tell us - he's written about more than "just sex" (as you clintoon defenders like to say). He's talking about how we had a President who didn't even want to do the job. We need to make sure that it doesn't happen again, or there will be a lot more 9/11s in our future.

83 posted on 03/16/2003 5:47:30 PM PST by speekinout
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To: Pokey78
Does anyone still believe he got to the presidency legally? The clinton gang are pirates who hijacked the American presidency through fraud, deceit, theft, intimidation and murder. They murdered their way to the top. Then when they got there, they cleaned house and murdered their inconvenient friends who helped them murder their way to the top. Typical mobster behavior.
84 posted on 03/16/2003 6:03:05 PM PST by Samizdat
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To: speekinout
One more thing; if you served for Clinton and you were just going to serve your nation with no intentions of writing a tell-all book. You believed that what happens during the line of duty stays confidential. But, then the dude you served for, continues to damage the nation out of office by usurping the current presidents position by piping up and criticizing Bush. On top of that, Clinton IS responsible for 9-11-01; if I were this Col. I would tell everything I knew about Bill Clinton, to further secure his shame throughout history. Bill Clinton is today’s Benedict Arnold, and his posse should be thrown in jail. Do you not agree?
85 posted on 03/16/2003 6:04:12 PM PST by Porterville (Screw the grammar, full posting ahead.)
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To: Pokey78
So he leaned in and flirted. So what? What about
what he did to our country?
86 posted on 03/16/2003 6:10:23 PM PST by Vinomori
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To: Pokey78
"...could spell trouble for New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, who, as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, would have jurisdiction to investigate the incident."

Sure. Odds of the wimps in congress pursuing this is nil. And the media will be right in there to protect the witch at every turn.

This country will pay dearly for squandering the opportunities to nail both of the original "evil doers". The window of opportunity has long been closed.

87 posted on 03/16/2003 6:11:33 PM PST by Paulie
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To: Owl_Eagle
Clinton doesn't know how to "cover a scandal." The media does it for him. If rather than having a "D" after his name, he had a "R" after his name, he wouldn't be able to get away with anything. You're blaming the victim. If Republicans walked on water, the press would find a way to trash it. If a democrat like Clinton is accused of rape, the press plays it like he's a stud. Sick. Don't drink their kool aide. The dumbest most base democrat get the benefit of the doubt. The most ethical conservative doesn't get squat.

You've got to hand it to him, the man knows how to cover up a scandal...

88 posted on 03/16/2003 6:14:00 PM PST by GOPJ
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To: Pokey78
Why is it that so many of these Klintoon babes "just want an apology"? Why is it that this info is only NOW being told in the form of a book? Why didn't these people come forward during the Monica or whats-her-nose cases?
89 posted on 03/16/2003 6:15:56 PM PST by arasina
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To: Pokey78
My wife and I claim the first dance on this a$$hole's grave.
90 posted on 03/16/2003 6:19:25 PM PST by gorush
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To: orfisher
Constance! Constant refrain, that is:
"Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny Deny
One note wonders! Ask not how you can screw your counrty, ask how your country feels to be screwed by youse. Not good dude -- not good -- now you'll be tasting the bitters. Hey ho!
91 posted on 03/16/2003 6:20:40 PM PST by bvw
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To: gorush
"My wife and I claim the first dance on this a$$hole's grave."

If your talking about x-42,I claim the first urination....

92 posted on 03/16/2003 6:32:59 PM PST by oust the louse
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To: oust the louse
"If your talking about x-42,I claim the first urination...."

It's OK...we've already talked about this. We're going to wear waders in case a bunch of your ilk get there first...

93 posted on 03/16/2003 6:36:56 PM PST by gorush
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To: Porterville
I agree with your post. The people who enlist to serve this country in any way are patriots who believe in it. clintoon treated his presidency as an 8 year party. The people who tried to serve our country during that time have a right to be very angry.

And this guy *knows* that clintoon could have stopped 9/11. I don't know if he's angry, or sorrowful, or spiteful, or whatever. He's justified. And we need to know that we have to take our elections seriously. We haven't always done that, and maybe if we find out what a disaster the clintoon presidency was, we will all be a little more responsible.

94 posted on 03/16/2003 6:40:32 PM PST by speekinout
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To: gorush
My wife and I claim the first dance on this a$$hole's grave.

Ok, can I bring the keg and the boombox? Any suggestions for music, anyone?

95 posted on 03/16/2003 6:48:21 PM PST by TheSpottedOwl (Can we paint all the Daisy Cutters and MOAB's kelly green for St. Patrick's Day????)
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To: TheSpottedOwl
" Any suggestions for music, anyone?"

Arkansas Traveler?

96 posted on 03/16/2003 6:51:00 PM PST by gorush
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To: Pokey78
I hope that Col Patterson is prepared for the personal and professional attacks that he's going to be in for.

Remember what happened to Gary Aldrich.

Mark
97 posted on 03/16/2003 6:52:11 PM PST by MarkL
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To: Centurion2000
WILL IT EVER END ????

He's going to make Benedict Arnold look like a total patriot and loyal American by the time history is done with him.

At least Benedict Arnold was a genuine Revolutionary War hero, saving the fledgling republic at Lake Champlaign.

Clinton sold the US down the river for campaign contributions, and for personal enrichment.

Mark

98 posted on 03/16/2003 6:57:01 PM PST by MarkL
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To: Pokey78
Viva La Free Republic!

Haven't yet seen anything from this "new" book that we haven't already seen.
99 posted on 03/16/2003 7:06:33 PM PST by FrogMom (God bless our armed forces, their spouses and children, every one!)
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To: FrogMom
the only question left to answer: is he also a pedophile?
100 posted on 03/16/2003 7:51:37 PM PST by gusopol3
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